--- title: He looked so ugly and cross that all his subjects feared him, and he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He looked so ugly and cross that all his subjects feared him, and he hated the very sight of a cheerful face; so if he ever caught anyone smiling he had his head cut off that very minute. Who acts: He, subjects, head. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (He, subjects, head), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg540:22:5 # text = He looked so ugly and cross that all his subjects feared him, and he hated the very sight of a cheerful face; so if he ever caught anyone smiling he had his head cut off that very minute. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 29 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ _ 31 smiling smile VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | He | | | | | ugly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **cross** | infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fear** | past | his subjects | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **hate** | past | he | the sight of a cheerful face | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 5 | **catch** | past | he | anyone | | | ever | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 6 | **smile** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cut off** | past | his head | | | | minute | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **sight** | | | a cheerful face | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/6/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)